Is your food suitable/beneficial for pets with kidney issues?
Pets with kidney disease require high quality, highly digestible protein, with increased water content and bioavailable nutrition. The entire Big Dog range is beneficial for kidney health due to the presence of raw, high quality real meat as the protein source in addition to a high moisture content.
The way in which raw diets work to support the kidneys is quite different to the conventional approach of feeding processed pet food diets. Raw food diets are high in protein and is extremely high quality. It’s also rich in moisture as raw, natural ingredients haven’t had the naturally-occurring moisture levels cooked out of them.
One of the biggest challenges in managing kidney health in pets is getting them to drink more water to help support kidney function, so providing a natural diet rich in moisture provides them with extra water as part of their meal, assisting in kidney health.
The diets in our range most suited for dogs with kidney issues would be our Kidney Support or Wellbeing recipe. These recipes contain additional herbs which help support kidney function.
Wellbeing is a low fat option at 7.5% fat and has a phosphorous level of 0.20%
Kidney Support has a more extensive list of supportive herbs for kidney health, and has a phosphorous level of 0.15%. It is also able to be cooked as it does not contain crushed bone.
If you’re interested in a natural approach to manage kidney health in your pet, we recommend contacting an Integrative Veterinarian or Canine Nutritionist to manage your dog’s current kidney issues and how best to approach this from a dietary perspective.
Additional reading on this topic can be found below:
Natural Remedies for Renal Failure
Canine Diets for Renal Failure
Additional video content on this topic can be found below:
Diets for kidney disease in dogs with Animal Nutritionist, Narelle Cooke